NewsOne Now Grammy Awards Preview With Antonique Smith

The highly anticipated, star studded Grammy Awards are just around the corner and some of our favorite artists are up for this year’s top honors.

Here is a brief rundown of some of this year’s high profile Grammy nominees:

Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams received separate nominations for Album of the Year. Iggy Azalea was nominated for Best New Artist. John Legend and Pharrell received separate Grammy nods for Best Pop Solo Performance. Jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Gerald Albright is up for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album honors.

On Monday, Grammy nominated R&B singer Antonique Smith; Dave Dickinson, music programmer at Serious XM; and Greg Baker, CEO of Blakbyrd Music and Film, joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the major award categories as well as what to expect from the night’s headline performers.